Articles tagged: prescription drug abuse 

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Is Legalization of Marijuana a Chance We Want to Take? written by Gloria MacTaggart
Studies prove marijuana is dangerous. Amsterdam proves legalization doesn’t work. What are we thinking?

Marijuana No Longer Much of a Problem - Your Kids Are Now Abusing Prescription Drugs written by Gloria MacTaggart
Prescription drug abuse among teens and young adults now surpasses almost all other drugs combined. Do you know what your kids are taking?

How to Recognize Prescription Drug Abuse written by Gloria MacTaggart
If you don’t know the signs of prescription drug addiction and abuse, you could be headed for a family disaster.

Has Prescription Drug Abuse Become Just Part of the College Experience? written by Gloria MacTaggart
Having a few beers with friends is becoming a thing of the past. The latest trend is prescription drugs. And their side effects are dangerous, and deadly.

One In Six Kids Teens Abusing Prescription Drugs written by Gloria MacTaggart
Over 15% of kids are abusing prescription drugs and law enforcement officials are almost powerless when it comes to getting it under control. It’s over to the parents. And here’s what they have to do.

Need for Drug Rehab Spurred by Internet Pharmacies written by Gloria MacTaggart

Drug rehab program admissions are frequently needed for prescription drug addiction, and many of those drugs are being obtained through the Internet without a prescription

Drug Detox For Xanax® Addiction Could Help Restore Community's Peaceful Charm written by Rod MacTaggart
A few days in a Florida drug detox program avoids serious withdrawal symptoms from anti-anxiety drugs, and could reduce Bonita Spring's addiction and crime problems

Florida Drug Detox Centers Can't Expand Fast Enough To Meet Demand written by Rod MacTaggart
The need for a drug detox program to address Florida's prescription drug addiction epidemic is getting official attention and financial aid from state and local counties but the waiting lists are increasing

Why Are Drug Rehab Centers Treating So Many People for Prescription Drug Addiction? written by Gloria MacTaggart
A drug rehab program with medical drug detox is all you need to stem the rising tide of prescription drug addiction, dependency and abuse with your friends and in your family. And it needs to be done fast.

Alcohol Detox Isn’t “Trendy” But it’s A Problem Drinker’s Best Shot written by Rod MacTaggart
Alcohol addiction and abuse ruins more lives than all other addictions combined, and Hollywood celebs are no exception

Drug Rehab Can Be A Tough Sell To Prescription Drug Addicts written by Rod MacTaggart
Prescription drug addiction often requires intervention to get the addict into a drug rehab program

Drug Detox Is the Right Prescription for Doctor-Shoppers written by Rod MacTaggart
Prescription drug addiction could be reduced if doctors and pharmacists could access state's narcotics prescription database

Drug Detox Should be Your First Stop When Taking Painkillers for Extended Periods written by Karen Morris
Florida 'ground zero' for prescription drug addiction and abuse

Prescription Drug Addiction Statistics Put Xanax In Fourth Place In Florida Overdoses written by Gloria MacTaggart
Drug detox centers need to prepare for yet another problem

Drug Rehab a Tough option for Rural Appalachian addicts written by Rod MacTaggart
A recent Houston Chronicle story focused on the increase in abuse of the prescription pain killer hydrocodone -- commonly sold as Vicodin and Lortab -- throughout central and southern Appalachia (West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama) where it is causing a huge rise in the number of hydrocodone-addicted people requiring detox and drug rehab.

Prescription Drug Addiction and Abuse is the New Enemy written by Gloria MacTaggart
The war on prescription drug abuse could create a bigger impact than the war on street drugs, and Tennessee is in the frontline.

Drug Detox Views: Pharmaceuticals Play a Major Role in ER Visits written by Rod MacTaggart
I read a truly amazing statistic today: In 2005 – the latest year for which figures are available – U.S. hospitals delivered 108 million emergency department visits.

Drug Rehab Q and A: Is Prescription Drug Abuse An Epidemic written by Rod MacTaggart
Advertising promotes drug abuse by sending the message that pills are a cure-all. Parents set a bad example by popping pills for every ill and filling their medicine cabinets with drugs.

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